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History of the Sabbath and First Day of the Week - John N. Andrews

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<strong>and</strong> Lu<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>and</strong> that which most embittered <strong>the</strong><br />

latter against him, related to <strong>the</strong> Lord's supper. He<br />

opposed not only transubstantiation, but<br />

consubstantiation, <strong>the</strong> real presence, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

elevation <strong>and</strong> adoration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> host. Lu<strong>the</strong>r rejected<br />

<strong>the</strong> first, asserted <strong>the</strong> second <strong>and</strong> third, <strong>and</strong> allowed<br />

<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r two. In regard to <strong>the</strong> real presence, he<br />

says: 'In <strong>the</strong> sacrament is <strong>the</strong> real body <strong>of</strong> Christ<br />

<strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> real blood <strong>of</strong> Christ, so that even <strong>the</strong><br />

unworthy <strong>and</strong> ungodly partake <strong>of</strong> it; <strong>and</strong> "partake<br />

<strong>of</strong> it corporally" too, <strong>and</strong> not spiritually as Carlstadt<br />

will have it.' "[11]<br />

That Lu<strong>the</strong>r was <strong>the</strong> one chiefly in error in this<br />

controversy will be acknowledged by nearly every<br />

one at <strong>the</strong> present day. D'Aubigne cannot refrain<br />

from censuring him:--<br />

"When once <strong>the</strong> question <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> supper was<br />

raised, Lu<strong>the</strong>r threw away <strong>the</strong> proper element <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Reformation, <strong>and</strong> took his st<strong>and</strong> for himself <strong>and</strong><br />

his church in an exclusive Lu<strong>the</strong>ranism."[12]<br />

The controversy is thus characterized by Dr.<br />

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